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    Expressing 'lawsuit' with 官司 (guānsi)

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    Structure

    打 + 官司 / 输 / 赢 + 官司

    Explanation

    官司 (guānsi) means "lawsuit" or "legal case." It is a colloquial term for a legal dispute or court case. The common expression 打官司 means "to file a lawsuit" or "to go to court."

    Examples

    • 那两家公司因为合同问题打了一场官司。

      nà liǎng jiā gōngsī yīnwèi hétong wèntí dǎ le yì chǎng guānsī.

      Those two companies fought a lawsuit over a contract dispute.

    • 他不想打官司，希望双方能私下解决。

      tā bù xiǎng dǎ guānsī, xīwàng shuāngfāng néng sīxià jiějué.

      He doesn't want to go to court and hopes both sides can resolve it privately.

    • 这场官司已经拖了三年还没有结果。

      zhè chǎng guānsī yǐjīng tuō le sān nián hái méiyǒu jiéguǒ.

      This lawsuit has dragged on for three years with no result yet.

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